Thursday, August 2, 2007

Inserting Clip Art in Word 2007

Clip art is a collection of images, both line art and pictures, that you're free to use in your Word documents. In most cases, the result is the same as inserting a picture, although you're using images from a clip art library rather than graphics files on your PC's hard drive.
Here's how you add clip art to your Word document:
1. Click the Insert tab.
2. From the Illustrations group, click the Clip Art button.
The Clip Art task pane appears.
Just as you would search your hard drive for a picture, you search the Clip Art library for artwork.
3. In the Search For box, type a description of what you want.
4. Click the Go button.
The results are displayed in the task pane. Peruse the results - you may have to scroll a bit to see all of them. If you don't find what you want, go back to Step 3 and refine your search.
5. Point the mouse at the image you want.
A menu button appears.
6. Click the menu button and choose Insert.
The image is plopped down into your document.
7. Close the Clip Art task pane by clicking the X in its upper-right corner.
Word inserts the clip art graphic right into your text, just like it's a big character, where the insertion pointer is blinking. At this point, you probably want to move the image, resize it, or do other things.
The problem with clip art is that it's inanely common. That means the image you choose will doubtless be used by someone else. This gives clip art an air of unoriginality.
Clip art libraries exist that you can buy at a software store. Because those images are stored on CDs or DVDs, you need to use the Picture command button to insert them into your documents.

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